Wednesday Morning Open Thread

Morning everyone.

I fell down the stairs last night, and have taken some heavy-duty pain medication. I have no idea what Obama said, or what cowboy hat Ted Nugent was wearing…or what shade of orange Boehner was sporting.

It also turns out that my laptop has a problem with the DC Power in plug thingie…and needs a trip over to the repair shop this morning.

So just use this thread to post whatever you like. I will try to write something later this morning.

There was just so much bullshit in his mouth he had to swig and swallow hard to get it all down. You can tell he’s a very experienced swallower. :-) Maintaining eye contact with the camera throughtout the grab/swig/swallow/return was the big stumbling block for Marco.

The GOP is under the impression that by featuring good looking, but severely limited, contenders as POTUS material they have achieved a “lock” on the WH. Another exercise in shallow thinking.

“It’s the message, Stupid!” that prevents this party from being taken seriously. Focusing on women’s ladyparts and expecting seniors to “sacrifice” on behalf of the rich is not about to win over the electorate no matter how “appealing” their candidates appear. Plus the fact that this stooge is bilingual is not in itself a winning combination when his woeful appearance is likened to a high school debater. We deserve better than this.

In reply to the speech on behalf of Republicans, Marco Rubio called for a balanced budget amendment, said the president had recklessly expanded the debt and accused the president of “falsely attacking [the] motives” of his critics. He took an unscripted drink of water.

Speaking of pc’s, I just spent over $200 to have mine cleaned before it “crashed”. Spent an hour online with 3 different guys from New Delhi (or somewhere) just for the ability to “communicate” and be part of the global community.

This stuff is a racket but leaves most of us little choice because it is as close to “car repair” as one can get since most of us have no idea what is under the engine or what is inside the pc.

If I were the owners of that cabin I would sue the shit out of law enforcement. What possible reason was there for not just sitting there and waiting him out? They just had to burn the place down and kill him?

Outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta expressed frustration about Washington’s inability to compromise on Wednesday, recalling a time of more comity and harmonious governance.

“We need to find solutions. We can’t just sit here and bitch,” Panetta told reporters at a Pentagon press conference. “Somehow some way we have got to get back to that. We have got to get back to that for the sake of this country.”

“What you see on display is too much meanness,” he continued. “Somehow the members of both the House and Senate side have to get back to a point of where they really respect the instutition they are a part of.”

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